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The palace gates and doors

The palace gates and doorwayshad been thrown huge open and the sensible servants had beenintroducedearlier than the king. He acquired them with heat and hearty greetings. “ Proper welcome are ye,” he cries ; “ come and sit at my desk, for ye are the primaryto reach. Nay, I do know that ye have been readyfor a lot of hours to be admitted. 1 am delighted to see you, and I discover how splendidly you’ve gotready yourselves for the feast.”

After that they had taken their locationson the king’s desk the wine and meat had beenpositionedearlier than them, they usuallystarted to partake thereof.

After some timethe oppositecompanyhad been ushered iuto the king’s presence. They had been unwashed, their hair uncombed, their clothesdirty and soiled. What do I see ? ” cried the king in a lividmood. “ Are ye not totally ashamed of yourselves to returnon thissensibleearlier than your king, your grasp ? Is that thisthe way youput together yourselves for a royal banquet ? You certainlycan notcount on me to take a seat down with you if you end up in such a situation. All I can do is to allow you to look on whereas my good servants at my deskbenefit from the banquet, and when now we have left the deskyou’ll be able todevour the remnants. I rejoice that a few of my servants are considerate and have ready themselves in time for my summons. As for you, who’re so silly and careless, I’m vexed together with your indijference, however as you’re the ones who will endure—ror you’ll be able tosolelystay up for the chilly remnants—I trill pardon you this time, and pray bear in mind to be all the timeready for the decision of your king. Who is aware of when it might come ? ”

A Dream of Paradise

He went to see what was the matter,

Within the first century of the frequentperiod there lived a well-known Rabbi in Palestine named the good RabbaD Joehanan ben Zakkai. lake so lots of the Rabbis, Chanina lived in abject poverty. It was mentioned of him: “ The entire world is susta’ned by the piety and benefit of Chanina,” but he had barely ample for the wants of his every day life. He was married, and his good spouse did her greatestto cover their poverty. After all, neither the Rabbi nor his spouse would beg. They might not even settle for guts from their buddies.

In the future the wite requested Chanina in a delicate and loving voice : “ Inform me, pricey Chanina. how lengthyletsproceed to endure this humiliating poverty ? ”